Tweeting about climate change, international development and financial inclusion
Joined September 2012
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17 Jan 2023
Congratulations to Neil on getting this important book out. Subsidies continue to get in the way of the vital transition to net zero. I'm delighted to be working with @neilmcculloch64 at @thepolicypract1
17 Jan 2023
Delighted that my book about Ending #FossilFuelSubsidies is finally out! You can buy a physical copy from
practicalactionpublishing.co… (or Amazon) but it is also Open Access. @thepolicypract1 @IDS_UK @NOIweala @HelenClarkNZ @nomhossain @PA_PublishingUK @IISD_Energy @IISD_news
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17 Jan 2023
We need to talk more about why we do what we do.
Check out bit.ly/3WfT9mm for an overview of our new James Aryam Scholarships and bit.ly/3w7bMhp to learn why we think #scholarships are a vital tool in our toolbox to bring #opportunities to all
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22 Nov 2022
My thoughts on how @COP27 achieved some progress on #LossAndDamage but greenwashing corporations, petro-states, big emerging emitters appear to have won out thepolicypractice.com/cop27-…
@CDKN
@grp_resilience
@COPResilienceHub, @RacetoResilience
@FCDOClimate
@CarbonBubble @IPCC_CH
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16 Nov 2022
Scotland blew-up its last coal fired power plant. The future is #renewable. Let's speed it up and get there.
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #climate #energy #renewables #cleanenergy #GreenNewDeal #cop27
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16 Nov 2022
Come on #COP27 put some money on the table for these losses happening now @CASAClimate @grp_resilience @thepolicypract1
Ambassador Dr Satyendra Prasad @FijiMissionUN @sprasadfj 🧵
Fiji calls for international #LossAndDamage Finance Facility #COP27
➡️Fiji already has 48 communities whose lands are inundated by sea level rise, tidal surge
➡️Fiji domestic resources can only cover four
@AOSISChair
Sam Bickersteth retweeted
Ambassador Dr Satyendra Prasad @FijiMissionUN @sprasadfj 🧵
Fiji calls for international #LossAndDamage Finance Facility #COP27
➡️Fiji already has 48 communities whose lands are inundated by sea level rise, tidal surge
➡️Fiji domestic resources can only cover four
@AOSISChair
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3 Nov 2022
Registration is now open for the #COPResilienceHub, an inclusive virtual and physical space at COP27 and home of the #RacetoResilience!
Register here for the interactive virtual platform 👉 event.vvenues.com/resilience…
@grp_resilience @southsouthnorth @cdknetwork
25 Oct 2022
12 days to go before #COP27 Immerse yourself interactively in key issues at #COPResilienceHub without the travel
24 Oct 2022
🗣️ Only two weeks until #COP27!
Designed by a team of experts across all regions & sectors of society, the #COPResilienceHub programme has over 60 sessions that put resilience at the heart of every climate conversation.
Register now 👇
event.vvenues.com/resilience…
#RacetoResilience
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Sam Bickersteth retweeted
19 Oct 2022
I've been following UK aid for a long time (>40 years) and the @commonsidc session with @FCDOGovUK Perm Sec yesterday (bit.ly/3TwvuwP) is about the most depressing I've come across. 0.5, lumps taken out for refugee 1st year costs. UK aid in crisis?
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12 Oct 2022
Register now to participate remotely in 12 days of engaging resilience conversations during COP27 covering finance, arts, food, infrastructure, water, oceans, health, cities and humanitarian response and more #COPResilienceHub. Virtual participants can network without travel
26 Sep 2022
Registration is now open for the #COPResilienceHub, an inclusive virtual and physical space at COP27 and home of the #RacetoResilience!
Register here for the virtual platform 👉 event.vvenues.com/resilience…
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7 Jun 2022
Wonderful to celebrate (23/4) the end (at least of this phase) of my 25 year career as a civil servant with brilliant, committed colleagues and a few surprise guests. It has been a privilege.
My parting messages for the challenges ahead:
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19 Dec 2021
Stunning inversion over the highlands yesterday:
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On these "staggering costs of net zero", a reminder the Climate Change Committee estimates £1,300bn of investment costs by 2050 across the entire economy, offset by £990bn of savings.
Net cost of £310bn over thirty years.
So: around £10bn a year, or 0.5% of GDP
18 Dec 2021
Via Mail on Sunday. Senior govt source said Lord Frost's departure had been prompted by intro of 'Plan B' Covid measures. That final straw after months of growing discontent over tax rises and the staggering cost of 'net zero' environmental policies. dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
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13 Dec 2021
It has been great to work with @grp_resilience and #RaceToResilience champions and partners to produce this @COP26 report
13 Dec 2021
📢 Fresh off the press!
The @COP26 Synthesis Report highlights overarching messages that resulted from the activities of the @copreshub plus key #adaptation & #resilience decisions & announcements that took place. Commissioned by @grp_resilience: bit.ly/3oNciOJ
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Sam Bickersteth retweeted
13 Nov 2021
Either we kill coal or coal will kill us. A phase down of coal won’t save the Maldives and island nations. #COP26
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13 Nov 2021
Wrapping #cop26
⬆️ double adaptation financing, maybe
⬆️ trigger for new, 1.5 aligned NDCs
⬆️ 5yr common time frames
⬆️ rulebook closed
⬆️ adaptation goal process
❌ phasing DOWN coal
❌ loss and damage DIALOGUE
Was it worth it? Only time will tell. For now #itisfinished
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Sam Bickersteth retweeted
14 Nov 2021
Glasgow Climate Pact:
-Paris Rulebook complete
-strengthen targets sooner
-2030 ambition process
-1st ref to coal & fossil fuel subsidies
-Global Goal on Adaptation prog
-x2 adaptation finance
-Loss & Damage network operationalised
-new💰goal process
-10yr empowerment prog
& more
We now have the Glasgow Climate Pact in place.
We have kept 1.5 within reach, but the pulse is weak.
Now countries must meet and deliver on the commitments made at #COP26.
Read #COP26 President @AlokSharma_RDG's full speech 👇
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10 Nov 2021
Yes, my shoes! My sister advised me to get them
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4 Nov 2021
And a great - & very timely - day of @instituteforgov events has ended
Big thanks to all panellists & @cath_haddon @DrHannahWhite @bronwenmaddox @DrMatthewGill
@melissaittoo & many more IfG colleagues
And hats off to @timd_IFG for masterminding it all
instituteforgovernment.org.u…
4 Nov 2021
"This extraordinary proposal is deeply at odds with the best traditions of British democracy."
Lord Evans, chair of @PublicStandards, gives his verdict on the Owen Paterson vote at our ethical standards in government conference – watch the full event instituteforgovernment.org.u…
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